South Korea's Gyeongbuk Education Superintendent ``The Japanese government must immediately retract its statement on Dokdo (Takeshima)''...protests Foreign Minister Kamikawa's statement

On the 31st, the Gyeongbuk Education Office strongly protested Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa's continued claim to Takeshima (Korean name: Dokdo) in a diplomatic speech, and called for an immediate withdrawal.
issued a statement demanding that Today, the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education issued a statement in the name of Gyeongbuk Education Superintendent Lim Jong-sik, calling for the immediate withdrawal of baseless claims to Dokdo, which is the inherent territory of the Republic of Korea.
``Dokdo is historically, geographically, and internationally part of the territory of the Republic of Korea, and we demand that all uneducational acts that threaten peace in Northeast Asia be halted.''
He also said, ``By actively condemning the Japanese government's comments regarding Dokdo, the Japanese government continues to distort history.''
), and I hope that future generations will work together to move towards peace." Superintendent Lim said, ``The Japanese government will teach history to students who will grow up to be responsible members of the international community.''
"We need to teach them correctly," he added, "I hope that they will stop making statements that instill a wrong view of history and territory in future generations, and that we will work together for peace in Northeast Asia."